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Youth Field Trip to Long Island Lighthouse Scheduled Youth Field Trip to Long Island Lighthouse Scheduled

On August 1, the East End Seaport Museum of Long Island, New York, will host a trip to Bug Light aboard the Peconic Star for the Village of Greenport’s summer campers. This event is part of the museum’s “give...

» July 10th, 2012
Long Island Lighthouse Cruises Offered Long Island Lighthouse Cruises Offered

Join members of the East End Seaport Museum on Long Island, New York, for fun and informative cruises on the Peconic Star Express to see the historic offshore lighthouses of Gardiner’s Bay and Long Island Sound. The captain will...

» June 21st, 2012
Bug Light Cruises Offered by Long Island Museum Bug Light Cruises Offered by Long Island Museum

Suffolk Times: It was a sign of spring’s approach on Sunday when the East End Seaport Museum and Marine Foundation announced its upcoming schedule for lighthouse cruises and disclosed that all will include...

» March 12th, 2012
Fishing Duxbury Bay Fishing Duxbury Bay

Duxbury Bay and the surrounding waters offer excellent fishing, particularly from mid-May through late June, when striped bass invade the bay en force. This is a great time to find the fish feeding under big flocks of birds. Flies...

» January 30th, 2012
The Lighthouse Keeper The Lighthouse Keeper

Lots of people like lighthouses, but Jeremy D’Entremont has taken his appreciation of these maritime icons to a different level. A noted writer, lecturer and historian, D’Entremont is a font of fascinating lighthouse lore, as I discovered during a...

» January 3rd, 2012
Fishing Report: Duxbury Bay, MA; Thursday, May 16 Fishing Report: Duxbury Bay, MA; Thursday, May 16

This morning I fished Duxbury Bay, Massachusetts, with Capt. Dave Bitters of Baymen Guide Service, in conditions that felt downright autumnal. (Can summer really be just 5 days away?) On the plus side, all of the unseasonably chilly weather...

» June 16th, 2011
Duxbury, MA, Group Working to Protect Bug, Gurnet Lighthouses Duxbury, MA, Group Working to Protect Bug, Gurnet Lighthouses

Duxbury Clipper: In the age of GPS, lighthouses are, to some, the relics of a forgotten age. But to others, they are a romanticized symbol of the country’s nautical history. Project Gurnet and Bug Lights, Inc. work to protect...

» May 21st, 2011
The Action off Portland The Action off Portland

From mackerel to stripers, codfish to tuna, there’s plenty of action to be had around Portland Harbor and Casco Bay. The season kicks off with an early run of striped bass that typically begins in mid-May and extends into...

» June 3rd, 2010